Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., is the founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating Solutions, a company dedicated to sharing the science of sustainable weight loss and helping millions to get happy, thin, and free. Thompson earned her B.A. from UC Berkeley in Cognitive Science, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Rochester. She is the recipient of the NISOD Excellence Award, a national honor bestowed annually on select college professors for excellence in leadership and teaching. She lives in Pittsford, NY, and you can visit her online at brightlineeating.com.